Posted on 04/18/2014 2:49:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
One rainy morning this month, the man who thought he would be president boarded a train near his beach house in San Diego. He stepped off in Burbank, Calif., and caught a ride to a sound stage, where his on-again, off-again political consigliere, Mike Murphy, was waiting to shoot a commercial on a set that bore more than a passing resemblance to the Oval Office.
Looking and sounding like a president out of central casting, he nailed his lines. The crew called him “one-take Romney,” and before he departed, they swarmed, extending arms around his shoulders and angling their iPhones for pictures.
With that, Mitt Romney’s long winter was over.
After retreating from public view following his crushing loss to President Obama in the 2012 election, Romney has returned to the political stage, emerging as one of the Republican Party’s most coveted stars, especially on the fundraising circuit, in the run-up to November’s midterm elections.
He may not direct a high-powered political-action committee or hold a formal position, but with the two living former Republican presidents — George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush — shying away from campaign politics, Romney, 67, has begun to embrace the role of party elder, believing he can shape the national debate and help guide his fractured party to a governing majority.....
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NO RETREADS!
The preparation goes on in unseen ways as well.
When Terri Land resigned from her RNC seat, Mitt Romney’s niece was named to take her place.
Coulter endorsed him for 2016.
Not kidding, I heard her.
RINO ROMNEY GO AWAY!
RomneyCARE FOREVER !!!!!!
Losers used to have the grace to just go away.
Republican Socialist “Mittens” Romney gave us Romneycare, and now “ - - - Romney has downsized his once vast political operation to a single aide, Kelli Harrison, and his inbox and cellphone. - - - “
Democrat Communist B. Hussein Obama gave us Obamacare, and now he just toys around with his “- - - pen and phone.”
Romney and Obama depend on their toys, as they lead their respective political parties in a race to the bottom of National Permanent Welfare Entitlement Debt.
BTW, wait for it - - wait for it: Both Boehner and McConnell will soon endorse Romney as the Leader of the Republican Party!
That said, he's had the toughest immigration words of anyone in the GOP in decades.
Elections are the GOP-Es to lose. Run a liberal, lose an election.
/johnny
"People wondered why I would accept Director's Checks from Marriott after they began offering porn in their rooms... but I had a reason!" - Mitt RINOmney "All part of my evil scheme to make others indebted to me and support me for the RINO nomination! It worked the last time and it will work again this time."
Mitt, just go away.
Yep, a big loser now ‘one of the Republican Party’s most coveted stars’
That's the GOP.
Zero’s Ringer. Let him campaign for Democrats, that’ll help the GOP.
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